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STEM EDUCATION IN VIETNAM Nguyễn Văn Biên – Hanoi national university of education, Vietnam

Vietnam 2 ¨ Socialist Republic of Vietnam ¨ Population 96,160,163 (estimate 2017) ¨ Pupils: Primary: 8.3 million - Secondar: 5.3 million - Post secondary: 2.5 million ¨ Compulsory Education: 9th Grade ¨ Academic Year: September – May ¨ Language of Instruction: Vietnamese ¨ Education Administration: Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) ¨ https://en.moet.gov.vn/Pages/home.aspx

Public and private school 3 Chart Title 9,000,000 7,882,145 8,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 5,312,715 5,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 2,313,315 2,000,000 1,000,000 195,249 159,697 60,597 - Primary Lower sec. Upper sec. public school private school

Teacher population 4 Chart Title 450000 400000 86785 350000 300000 95470 250000 200000 309815 150000 54347 208477 100000 50000 95,941 0 Primary Lower sec. Upper sec. female male

Education system 5

Lower secondary Curriculum 6 SUBJECTS AND HOURS PER WEEK 2006- present New curriculum Compulsory subjects Literature 4 4 Mathematics 4 4 Foreign language 1 3 3 Civic education 1 1 History and Geography 1,5 + 1,5 3 Natural Science 1,5+1,5+1 4 Technology 1,5 1 Computing 2 1 Physical Education 2 2 Arts (Music, Fine Arts) 2 2 Compulsory educational activity Experiential and career-oriented activity 2 3 Local educational content 1 Elective subjects Ethnic minority language 3 Foreign language 2 3 Average periods/week (excluding elective subjects) 28 29

NEW Lower secondary Curriculum 7 Periods/school year Educational plan Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Compulsory subjects Literature 140 140 140 140 Mathematics 140 140 140 140 Foreign language 1 105 105 105 105 Civic education 35 35 35 35 History and Geography 105 105 105 105 Natural Science 140 140 140 140 Technology 35 35 52 52 Computing 35 35 35 35 Physical Education 70 70 70 70 Arts (Music, Fine Arts) 70 70 70 70 Compulsory educational activity Experiential and career-oriented activity 105 105 105 105 Local educational content 35 35 35 35 Elective subjects Ethnic minority language 105 105 105 105 Foreign language 2 105 105 105 105 Total periods/school year (excluding elective subjects) 1015 1015 1032 1032 Average periods/week (excluding elective subjects) 29 29 29,5 29,5

Upper secondary Education: types of High schools 8 ¨ There are four types of schools: § Specialized General Education Schools § Vocational and Technical Secondary Schools § High Schools for the Gifted National Public High Schools (Magnet or Specialized) § International Schools • British Schools offer Cambridge Exams – IGCSE, AS and A-Levels (ACG International School Vietnam) • International Baccalaureate (IB) Schools (International School Ho Chi Minh City)

PISA score – just a score?? 9 PISA score 540 528 525 530 517 520 508 510 500 490 487 490 480 470 460 Science Math Reading PISA 2012 PISA 2015

The effectiveness of STEM education 10 The rapid developments of science and technology call for • individuals well-equipped with academic knowledge as well as the 21 st century skills. Gain learning achievements (Moore et al., 2013; Guzey et al., 2016; 2017; Mathis et al., • 2018) Develop authentic problem solving (Sanders, 2009; Bybee, 2010; Quigley & Herro, • 2016) Enhance interests in STEM sub-subjects and pursue STEM careers • (Honey et al., 2014; Peterman et al., 2016; Stevens et al., 2016; Vennix et al., 2018)

Why do we need STEM education in VN? 11 Vietnam: one of the poorest countries • à lower-middle-income status in 2010 ¨ HOWEVER, Vietnam has remained low global competitive index by 2015 (The • World Economic Forum, 2015) has been grappling to boost global competitiveness and • labor productivity. In the Southeast Asia area, Vietnam’s productivity: 2/5 1/5 1/15 ¨ _______ Thailand; _____ Malaysia; _____Singapore (ADB, 2016). •

Why do we need STEM education in VN? 12 Vietnam’s low- and semi-skilled labor limited global value chain • linkages (ADB, 2016). The prime minister had the directive on the strengthening of the • ability to access the four industrial revolution. (The 4.0 industry) Based on this directive, the Ministry of Education and Training has • assigned to promote STEM education as well as pilot implement STEM education in some schools (The Prime Minister, 2017).

13 ¨ Nowadays, Vietnam has not had the national STEM curriculum yet. ¨ However Strengthening STEM education has been one of new features in this • curriculum reform (Secondary Education Sector Development Program, 2017) ¨ à The call for researching STEM education

How STEM education in VN? 14 The project “Adapting STEM Education in England into • Vietnam context” in 2016 – 2017: The British Council in Vietnam and MOET Ø 15 schools in 5 cities in the North of Vietnam Ø Note: since 2013 • At that time, while the public schools only cautiously • deployed STEM education, gifted schools, private schools and private educational centers had plenty of STEM activities such as science shows, robotics mini contests, science camps, STEM clubs, etc

STEM education in society 15 ACTIVITIES OF STEM ALLIANCE 1. Organize STEM DAY 2. Train primary, secondary and high school teachers 3. Train national team for Intel ISEF 4. Provide advice for public policy on education 5. Promote reading culture 6. Form STEM clubs at schools

Aims of science education 16 Natural Science subject forms and develops students' natural scientific competence, including components: natural science awareness; understand nature; apply knowledge and skills learned. ¨ Aware natural science ¨ Understand nature ¨ Apply knowledge and skills learned

Teacher Training Systems by Level of Education 17 Level \ Training Under standard Standard Above Standard System Preprimary 12+2 & 9+3 12+3 & 12+4 12+2 & 9+3 12+3 12+4 Primary (for difficult areas) (college education) (higher education) 12+3 12+3+1 Lower Secondary (college education) (higher education) 12+4+2 12+4 Upper Secondary (Post-graduate (higher education) education)

Teacher education at HNUE 18 Study program and Credits no. 135 credits (1 credits= 15 hours) Education knowlegde General study- 20 credits Physics-81 credits 34 credtits spychology, education ; padagogy, so Englisch - 10 credits on. : 20 credits Politic - 10 creditc Physics education - 8 credít Intership practice – 6 credits (10 weeks)

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